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Read more about Blue Ridge Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gentiana austromontana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana austromontana
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007?:
Gentiana clausa
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Gentian, Appalachian Gentian, Pine Barren Gentian
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September Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Usually deeper more intense blue-violet than the similar G. clausa & G. decora, per Weakley's Flora.